Introduction <p>Liz Kelly introduced her framework for a “continuum of sexual violence” in 1988 to show the limits of legal definitions of sexual violence, demonstrating&#xa0;that sexualized harm occurs regardless of its illegality. What no scholar has done is apply this framework to understand sexual experiences, including sexual assault, which involve alcohol and drug use. The current paper extends Kelly’s work to substance-involved sexual experiences. Using substances during sex is also understood as sexually risky, regardless of whether people view that behavior as risky.</p> Method <p>The current study is a qualitative interview study of a majority queer women sample (<i>N</i> = 34) of substance-involved sexual assault survivors.</p> Results <p>Thematic analysis uncovered three themes related to survivors discussing their assault and wanted sex involving substance use, as well as how a continuum framework may be useful in accurately describing substance-involved sexual experiences, including sexual&#xa0;assault. </p> Conclusions <p>Survivors clearly distinguish their own assault from their wanted sex involving substance use, but as a collective, they differ on their conceptions of comfortability with level of substance use and having sex.</p> Policy Implications <p>Discussion of moving away from primarily legal policy to address and define substance-involved sexual assault is included.</p>